Countable and Non-Countable Nouns

Countable and Non-countable

 Like it sounds, countable nouns can be counted. They have both plural and singular forms, while non-countable nouns have no plural form. Tree is a countable noun because you can pluralize tree to make it trees But you cannot pluralize the word peace to have peaces, making peace a non-countable noun.

The boy cried in grief.

·         boy is a countable noun, because boy has a plural form, boys.

·         grief would be a non-countable noun, because it cannot be pluralized.